http://climatebill.org Climate Bill - US Cap & Trade Bill 2009: American Clean Energy and Securities Act - Waxman-Markey Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Cross-posted from "It's Getting Hot In Here") As a final assignment for a climate course that I am in, I had the opportunity to write a memo to president Obama outlining what his climate goal should be and what policies/strategies he would use to reach those goals. Below is the full text. ... http://climatebill.org/2009/12/08/memo-to-president-obama-climate-change-policy-recommendations/ Senator John Kerry and Senator Barbara Boxer released the Senate version of ACES (the House climate bill) today. You can read the summary as well as the full text on Senator John Kerry's website: http://kerry.senate.gov/cleanenergyjobsandamericanpower/intro.cfm. Overview Summary Section by Section Summary Full text of the bill Unfortunately, CEJAPA or CEJAP doesn't have the same ring to ... http://climatebill.org/2009/09/30/senate-climate-bill-released-the-clean-energy-jobs-and-american-power-act/ As the Senate continues to wrestle with healthcare reform, some speculation has been flying around that the climate change bill might not make it out this session. So, what would happen if Congress doesn't pass a climate change bill this year? Will the fossil-fuel polluters be free to ... http://climatebill.org/2009/09/21/plans-b-and-c-epa-regulation-and-the-federal-common-law/ When you try to picture a world where a cap-and-trade scheme for carbon emissions is perfectly implemented, you probably envision cleaner skies, or an end to devastating mountaintop removal coal mining. But as Nancy Stoner at the Natural Resources Defense Council points out, the House climate bill can have ... http://climatebill.org/2009/09/02/how-the-climate-bill-can-help-protect-our-waters/ Cross posted from ActionFactoryDC.blogspot.com, post by Kalen Pruss We are just hours into our 26 hour tent city marathon. We set-up our camp with relative ease, had a not unpleasant chat with the police, and are just now settling down for the long haul. It is quite literally starting ... http://climatebill.org/2009/08/25/greetings-from-the-dc-action-factory-tent-city/ Joe Romm at Climate Progress has a great post today arguing against the contention that the climate bill contains a gaping loophole for old coal plants. This is the same conclusion I reached in a previous post, so it's gratifying for me to see that my interpretation wasn't completely ... http://climatebill.org/2009/08/24/there-is-no-grandfathering/ Jon Stewart interviewed Rep. Henry Waxman on the Daily Show on Tuesday. Waxman is the chair of the House Committee on Energy an Commerce and was the mind behind the House version of the cap and trade bill. He's also the person pushing the health care bill through the House. The ... http://climatebill.org/2009/08/09/rep-waxman-on-the-daily-show/ The Wonk Room also has a brief summary and transcript of remarks by Rep. Markey and Secretary of Energy Chu speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School. http://climatebill.org/2009/08/07/rep-markey-obama-needs-to-make-the-case-for-aces-in-prime-time/ A couple weeks ago, Senator Dorgan (D-ND) caused a small kerfuffle in the blogosphere by stating his opposition to a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions. In an op-ed published in the Bismarck Tribune, Senator Dorgan argued that creating carbon markets is a bad idea because of the possibility of ... http://climatebill.org/2009/07/31/fear-of-carbon-markets/ Courtesy of the Nation, the Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin shares her thoughts on the outlook of the climate bill. She draws an interesting comparison to the Clean Air Act and how, after the law's passage, Congress was able to strengthen its initially weak targets by improving upon its framework. http://climatebill.org/2009/07/28/juliet-eilperin-and-the-politics-of-climate-change/